With news on: Suez exceeds target for Macmillan; Veolia’s ‘Recycle for Charity’ campaign; and UKWSL supports local school.
Suez exceeds fundraising goal for Macmillan
Suez has announced that its employees have exceeded their long-term goal to raise £250,000 in donations for Macmillan Cancer Support.
One of Suez’ beach cleans to raise money for Macmillan
After pledging to raise this amount for Macmillan in 2013, Suez employees have now exceeded their overall fund-raising target
Donations are still being collected but, at the latest count, Suez said the team had raised £255,733 through a series of fundraising events held over the past five years.
From cake bakes to beach cleans, the team has been taking part in activities such as the annual Macmillan Big Coffee Morning and a Suez cycle relay which covered nearly 2500 miles between 100 Suez sites from Aberdeen to Land’s End.
Natalie Wiltshire, new business manager at Macmillan Cancer Support, praised Suez for its support. She said: “Not only have they raised a phenomenal amount to support our services but the dedication shown by staff to promote Macmillan internally and raise awareness of how people can get help, has been amazing,” she said. “I look forward to our continuing our relationship with SUEZ in the future.”
“We are absolutely delighted to have been able to champion the incredible work of the Macmillan Cancer Support team,” said Suez recycling and recovery UK Chief Executive, David Palmer-Jones.
Veolia undertakes ‘Recycle for Charity’ campaign
Throughout January 2019, Veolia has been raising money for Nottingham Children’s Hospital, as part of a New Year ‘Recycle for Charity’ campaign.
Throughout January, Veolia has been running the ‘Recycle for Charity’ campaign in Nottingham
The company has been donating £2 for every tonne of recyclable plastic bottles and cans collected from the kerbside in Nottingham. Veolia also promised to donate an additional £500 bonus to the charity if the total reached 1,000 tonnes.
The money raised will go to Nottingham Children’s Hospital which is based at the Queen’s Medical Centre. Paediatric doctors and nurses at the hospital care for over 60,000 babies, children and young people from across the region. Money raised for the chairman’s charity will be ringfenced for items the children’s unit needs for the wards.
As well as plastic bottles, residents were also encouraged to recycle their empty cans of pop, de-icer, squirty cream, fake snow and silly string all clean and without their lids, alongside their paper and cardboard in the kerbside recycling bin.
UKWSL supports local school
Newark-based UKWSL has been showing its support for the surrounding community in its expanding partnership with Lovers’ Lane Church of England Primary School.
Lovers’ Lane school’s EcoBottle Greenhouse
The leading waste and recycling broker was originally partnered with the local school as part of ‘Together for Newark’, an initiative designed to raise aspiration among the young people in the area and retain talent in the city of Newark.
This partnership saw the formation of an Eco Committee at the school with a designated representative from UKWSL. This representative was known as a ‘business ambassador’ whose mission was to create opportunities within Lovers’ Lane School.
This Committee worked to get the primary school its ‘green’ credentials via the Eco-Schools Programme. Eco-Schools is a global programme engaging 19.5 million children across 67 countries and aims to empower children to drive change and improve their environmental awareness.
Last summer, 25 year 6 pupils were loaned £5 each by UKWSL to start their own business. Ideas ranged from food stalls to hand car washes and make-up booths and collectively the pupils turned £125 into £465. The original loan was then repaid to UKWSL and the £340 profit went towards an end-of-year prom and other key resources for the school. The latest venture sees the partnership join forces with the local Rotary Club and together they plan to build an EcoBottle Greenhouse, part of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Campaign for School Gardening.
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